Adrian: 1834 books

The second novel in a brilliant new Napoleonic series from acclaimed historian Adrian Goldsworthy. Second in the series begun by TRUE SOLDIER GENTLEMEN, the story takes our heroes through the winter snows as Sir John Moore is forced to retreat to Corunna. Faced with appalling weather, and pursued...

Adrian Mitchell’s triumphant musical adaptation for children of Browning’s The Pied Piper. Premiered at the Royal National Theatre and performed throughout the world.

**Praise for Adrian Magson: "… a classic crime star in the making." Daily Mail "A gripping police procedural." Eurocrime The anticipated sixth instalment of the bestselling Inspector Lucas Rocco series…** Murder by suicide? Three senior government...

An Irish Republican Army plot goes horribly wrong when its leader, Johnny Murtah, kills an innocent man and is himself gravely wounded. As the police close in on Johnny, his compatriots must make a daring bid to rescue him. But they are not the only ones in pursuit: an impoverished artist, a saintly...

This knockout punch of a thriller from a critically acclaimed author follows a young Cuban detective's quest for vengeance against her father's killer in a Colorado mountain town A man is killed in a hit-and-run on a frozen mountain road in the town of Fairview, Colorado. He is an illegal immigrant...

Weirdbook #32 presents a selection of great fantasy and horror tales by current and upcoming masters of the genre. Included are: Childhood's Dread, by Taye Carrol The Other Neighbors, by Daniel Davis Rare Air, by Mark Slade The Children, by J.E. Álamo The Radiant Boy, by Kevin Wetmore The Whisperer...

The Elphame Chronicles - Part 6 - The Age of DarknessA scintillating epic fantasy …There are myths and there are legends, but none compare to those of The Land of Elphamia...The Self Appointed One has cast himself a ring, and plans to trap the Faery inside. If he manages to do this...

In the early days of rail, a shack was built on railway property to house the bodies of those killed on or near the rail. It became known as the Death House. this collection of short stories features mysteries all connected to the death house in some eerie and evil way.

I’m pleased to introduce my book, The Legacy and Its Continuation: From Then to Eternity. This novel introduces a young boy, Kassieu Madeu, who is taken from Ivory Coast to America as a slave and given the name of Joe Henry. This story also tells about his courage to adapt to a new culture and his...

Ever find it difficult to count your blessings? I do, sometimes. That's why I started to write them down, and low and behold, I've at least 67 Reasons to Smile! This little book is a collection of one and two liners (67 in fact) that sum up the life of a fairly...

Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, and Siegfried. Parsifal. Tristan und Isolde. Both revered and reviled, Richard Wagner conceived some of the nineteenth century’s most influential operas—and created some of the most indelible characters ever to grace the stage. But over the course of his polarizing...

An epic play in two acts, The Siege was commissioned by the National Playwright Commissioning Group and written especially for performance in schools. It tells the story of the Swados family, citizens of Arden, a town under siege. Working in collaboration with teenagers from schools across the UK,...

"There were likely to be deserts enough for Goliath to feel quite at home, he said. But that gave rise to a puzzle as to why we would want to go exploring there. Never mind. My task was to record what we saw." By his training as a profilist - a silhouette painter - Ethan Dibble has learned...

Silver Ley, first published in 1931, is the second volume in Adrian Bell's classic rural trilogy (the other volumes being Corduroy and The Cherry Tree). In Silver Ley the author moves from being a farm apprentice to a farm owner.